Can you put used motor oil in the same recycling container as restaurant grease?

I've got gallons of used motor oil.At work we have a container outside we dump all our grease in to be recycled. Can I just dump the motor oil in with the rest of the fryer grease?Can you put used motor oil in the same recycling container as restaurant grease?
You don't want to mix the two types of oil. You don't want to take the chance of screwing up a legitimate fryer grease processor, as that would really cause problems for them.





Now, if you're simply asking whether you can use a container that once held grease to then hold motor oil, I wouldn't see a problem with that except that the container couldn't be used for fryer grease again.








The processing that used oil undergoes would separate out contaminants like water and other materials. And if the grease stays blended in with the used oil - probably not a problem because 80+% of used oil in the United States is burned for energy recovery.





Kudos for the other poster mentioning earth911 - excellent site- i've worked with the people who set this up.Can you put used motor oil in the same recycling container as restaurant grease?
All the other posters are correct. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says you cannot dispose of used motor oil this way. What should you do with it? Go to http://earth911.com/ and see if there is anywhere near you that will accept used motor oil.





Thank you for not pouring it onto the ground, as so many inconsiderate people do.
No, it's not the same thing at all. Motor oil is a petroleum product, cooking oil is not.
No, that grease is recycled. To add motor oil to it would pollute it and make it unuseable.